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How the supporter navigation works

You can include an additional navigation bar on your website pages, aka supporter nav. It can house your logo, additional links, and more!

Updated over 5 months ago

NationBuilder allows you to include a supporter navigation bar on your website pages.

Supporter nav pages

The idea with supporter nav is that you want to create specific pages for your supporters to interact with you and each other on your website, enhancing the community aspect of your nation. What page types are included here is entirely up to you.

NationBuilder includes a default 'Contact us' page to give you an idea of how to use the supporter nav:

Here are other ideas of pages you can include in the supporter nav:

  • Create an events calendar for logged in users. Post meetings and events that are just for them. Allow users to create their own events here.

  • Suggestion box: for logged in users only, so they can give their input and see what others have proposed.

  • Activity: Allows your supporters to see an individualized stream of everything going on in your nation that pertains specifically to them, i.e., people they are following, pages they are following, pages they are a part of (event's they RSVP'd for), etc.

  • Spread the word: Supporters can generate and share a personal recruiting link. This page will show people that they have recruited to the nation and how many of those have become volunteers, donors, voters.

How to add a page to the supporter nav

1. When creating a new page, check the box next to "Include in supporter nav." This option is listed directly above the Create page button.

📌 Note: We display the eight most used page types for your nation based on your settings and add-ons. To see all available pages simply click on 'Show all page types'.

2. When editing a page, go to Settings > Page settings. Below the published date, you'll see a checkbox next to the option to "Include in supporter nav." Check the box and then click the Save page button to save your changes.

Supporter navigation menu

You can view and manage the list of pages included in the supporter navigation by going to Website > Supporter navigation. From there, you can choose which pages to highlight with buttons and reorder the links to control how they appear to your supporters.

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